THE medium wave services for BBC Hereford and Worcester has been switched off as part of a week-long cost saving trial.
Listeners will be unable to receive the radio station’s MW service on 738kHz and 1584kHz until the trial ends on Tuesday, November 6.
The station’s FM and digital radio service remains unaffected.
The corporation is carrying out the week-long trial as part of the its program to save £700 million a year until 2016/17.
The BBC is exploring switching off MW services except where it is depended upon as an alternative to FM and DAB as a money saving option.
BBC Hereford and Worcester was chosen along with Radio Essex for the trial as they both had different levels of MW coverage and could test the spread of MW coverage in both rural and city locations.
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